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1. Cluain Con Maicne (continued)

   

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   A cháirde cléibh is beag an baoghal (?) do thír no theangain bhinn

   Tá an duaibhseach thart, tá an lá ag teacht, is do gach (?) fior Gael gluaiseacht (?)

   Gách tréithe Fáil is ár dteanga shámh fá réim mar bhí fadó,

   Is muinntir Chluan' i sluagh na mbuan go mórdhalach mar (?)

   
   (Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh, Meithheamh 1936)

   

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2. The Folklore of South Leitrim

   

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   In olden times before the famine this part of Leitrim was very rich in folklore. At night when the neighbours came in on their ceilidhe the conversation was about old times and the old story tellers whiled away the night telling their stories. Then came the famine and the old country life was broken up, families were broken up, emigration started and half a generation was gone before the country family life was resurrected again. The new life was different to the old. Many if not all the old people were gone and the people looked to the future rather than the past for aid and consolation. From John Clancy Faughill Cloone

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   John Clancy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cloone, Co. Leitrim